Sunday, 31 October 2010

Rædwald Blog

RÆDWALD

A Roleplaying Game of Outlaw Scum

In an Anglo-Saxon World

BY

LEE REYNOLDSON

An Alternate Rules Set for Swords & Wizardry: Whitebox

INTRODUCTION

The world of Rædwald is a world where the bond of the warband, the oath of loyalty between warrior and king, your word, your honour and your status means everything. It is a world where family, community, and the king's laws are a shield against misfortune.

Unfortunately for the player characters the world of Rædwald is one in which they have none of these things. Instead, they are outsiders; wolfshead outlaws. Tired of merely surviving they take coin from a lord, and now serve as his wolfpack, a band of ruthless, expendable outlaw scum.

Working in the shadows of society and the darkness of night, the wolfpack does the type of work that requires more subtlety than a warband can bring to bear, and work so low that a lord's proud warriors would balk at it. In return for this, faithful wolves can expect their lord to be a generous béaga bryttan, a giver of rings and treasure. Live long enough serve faithfully enough and you might win back a place of honour and perhaps one day become lords in your own right.

Hey, Pat yes I started posting stuff at the S&W project sub-forums then OD&D and RPGnet. Now that the first draft is (more or less) done and I've started editing I thought Redwald could do with a blog, previously I'd been posting Redwald stuff on my writer's blog. Glad you like it.